
I couldn’t think of a better title this week, thanks to the hot weather we’ve been experiencing and the song by Arrow.
I couldn’t think of a better title this week, thanks to the hot weather we’ve been experiencing and the song by Arrow.
With tight planting windows, it can be a challenge to get seeds in the ground at the optimal time.
As the crop advances into the V7–V10 stages, many areas of the state have experienced favorable conditions, with adequate moisture and the accumulation of growing degree days (GDDs) supporting rapid vegetative growth.
We are looking to track all corn and soybean diseases in Indiana – tar spot, southern rust, frogeye, red crown rot, and others.
Trapping for corn earworm has been underway for a few weeks now throughout the state.
The number of 30-, 40-, and 60-ft wide (or larger) field crop planters across the U.S. Midwest is greater today than 30 years ago.
Recent storms and heavy rainfall brought on by the remnants of Hurricane Beryl have crossed parts of Indiana this week and brought excessive winds which has resulted in corn being “flattened” from lodging in certain areas of the state.
The 2025 Clean Sweep Pesticide Disposal Program sponsored by the Office of the Indiana State Chemist (OISC) offers statewide pesticide collection sites in LaPorte, Vigo, Decatur, Clark, Whitley, and Hendricks counties in August.
Most readers have probably noticed a sharp increase in firefly activity lately.
With planting now wrapped up nationwide, corn emergence is nearing completion across much of the Corn Belt. Emergence in Indiana has progressed well, reaching 89%, up from 81% the previous week, although it is still slightly behind the five-year average of 94%.
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